New York · Private foundation
Robbins Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $138k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2026
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 12% of the organizations Robbins Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 17 | $133k | 6% |
| FY2025 | 17 | $109k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $106k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $92k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $82k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $105k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chapin School Ltd | $81,050 | 9 | 0% |
| Brooks School | $73,000 | 6 | 0% |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $43,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Studio in a School Association Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| East End Hospice Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wnet | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Groton School | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chapin School Ltd | $81,050 | 9 | 0% |
| Brooks School | $73,000 | 6 | 0% |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $43,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Studio in a School Association Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| East End Hospice Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wnet | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Groton School | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Loomis Institute D/B/A the Loomis Chaffee School | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Bernard's School Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $5,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Yale University | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lenox Hill Hospital | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Free Arts for Abused Children of New York City Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yale University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Frick Collection | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Southampton Volunteer Ambulance Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($292k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robbins Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Robbins Foundation Inc
- How much does Robbins Foundation Inc give?
- Robbins Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $137,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Robbins Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Education (38%), Health (7%).
- Who are Robbins Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Metropolitan Museum of Art ($150k), The Chapin School Ltd ($81k), Brooks School ($73k).
- Does Robbins Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robbins Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robbins Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Robbins Foundation Inc based?
- Robbins Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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